EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF DYNAMIC PARAMETERS OF A TIRE FOR HIL-TESTING OF VEHICLE ACTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS

Abstract

This publication presents the specialists’ experience of Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev (NNSTU) in the field of studying the friction-rolling of an automobile wheel on an asphalt surface. Adequate mathematical reproduction of force reactions that occur in the contact patch plays a significant role in modeling vehicle dynamics. Since the fundamental description of this interaction is difficult, in engineering practice the empirical method has become popular, which consists in obtaining an experimental data array with its subsequent trigonometric approximation and systematization. NNSTU specialists have developed a test methodology and carried out full-scale tests using a specialized road tire trailer bench. The experiment was carried out on a dry asphalt pavement with a coefficient of adhesion of about 0.4–0.8 at an ambient temperature of 20 °С. The resulting array of experimental data is processed and presented in the form of a trigonometric digital model PAC 2002. The maximum discrepancy between theoretical and experimental data in absolute value doesn’t exceed 5 %.